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Gomphandra australiana
Buff beech is a small understory tree of tropical rainforest in northern Queensland, New Guinea and the Maluku Islands, growing up to about 20 m tall. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so it needs humid, shaded, warm conditions.
Gomphandra australiana, commonly known as buff beech, is a species of plant in the family Stemonuraceae. It is native to the Maluku Islands, New Guinea and the state of Queensland, Australia.
This species occurs in eastern Queensland from about Townsville to the top of Cape York Peninsula, and also occurs in New Guinea. It grows in tropical rainforest as an understory tree, at altitudes from sea level to about 300 m (980 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gomphandra australiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
